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Restoration of the normal Clara cell phenotype after chronic allergic inflammation.
International journal of experimental pathology - 1 Dec 2013
Roth Felix D, Quintar Amado A, Leimgruber Carolina, García Luciana, Uribe Echevarría Elisa M, Torres Alicia I, Maldonado Cristina A
Abstract excerpt
Bronchiolar Clara cells play a critical role in lung homoeostasis. The main goal of this study was to evaluate the effects of chronic allergy on these cells and the efficacy of budesonide (BUD) and montelukast (MK) in restoring their typical phenotypes after ovalbumin-induced chronic allergy in mice. Chronic allergy induced extensive bronchiolar Alcian blue-periodic acid-Schiff (AB/PAS)-positive metaplasia. In...
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